Latest Free Tool: ConfigMgr PXE Boot Log

ConfigMgr PXE Boot Log displays PXE boot events in an easy-to-view format and provides a history of PXE boot attempts on a distribution point during a selected time period. The tool can also display any records that exist in ConfigMgr associated with a device based on its SMBIOS GUID.

Month: March 2016

Today I published a custom class for users of PowerShell 5 that allows you to ping multiple computers very quickly using a custom PS object. It uses .Net runspaces to create a parallel processing environment to ensure speedy execution, and stores useful information about the ping results in the custom object, such as: The full […]

PowerShell 5 brings some nice capability to PowerShell, including support for the creation of custom classes. Very simply, a class can be used to define a custom type, and allow you to create an object of that custom type. This can be useful for example, if you want to create an object that has specific properties […]

In MDT-integrated Configuration Manager, a UDI task sequence contains a couple of steps called Branding to Reg that brands OSD variables to the registry. This can be useful for reporting, and they can be inventoried with Configuration Manager using the handy RegKeyToMOF utility. These steps can also be added manually to a ZTI task sequence […]

Update 04-Mar-16: Added translation of CollectionIDs to CollectionNames You may be aware that there is a ‘soft limit’ to the number of collections that can use incremental refresh in Configuration Manager 2012 onward, as described in this technet article. It’s important to check that the time taken for the incremental collection evaluation cycle does not […]